Todd Paris, Associate Editor and Salisbury Attorney
♦ My recent Freedom of Information Request response while delayed and only partially answered, has created enormous interest recently and generated many stories by your staff. Kudos to those many talented folks, both above and below the Mason-Dixon line who toil to provide the truth. Those men and women rock!
I am gratified that the “shady curtain” down at Salisbury’s City Hall parted, ever so slightly, to allow transparency’s sunshine to peek in.
I decided to start sharing my FOIA’s with RFP as they are submitted to provide a public time mark to prove when they were submitted. This is my most recent FOIA effort:
Dear Myra Heard,
I applaud the recent transparency on Fibrant. How fantastic to be open about where and how Fibrant money is being spent. What great leadership by our Mayor.
Please provide the following per FOIA:
1. All communication between Karen Alexander (KKA Architecture) and city officials regarding the planning, designing, and construction oversight of the Salisbury Customer Service Center aka Fibrant building.
2. All financial records including invoices and payments to Karen Alexander (KKA Architecture) related to the planning, designing, and construction oversight of the Salisbury Customer Service Center aka Fibrant building.
3. The total amount paid to Karen Alexander (KKA Architecture) related to the planning, designing, and construction oversight of the Salisbury Customer Service Center aka Fibrant Building.
4. The original budgeted amount for the facility and the final cost of the facility.
5. The sources used to pay for KKA’s services and the facility.
Please provide this info electronically. Having City Attorney Rivers Lawther laboriously photocopy these materials and hand carry them to my office (as you did last time) no doubt increases his bill, which can hardly be afforded, with the 3M + dollar Fibrant subsidy.
Very truly yours,
Todd
